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China and Christianity

Burdened Past, Hopeful Future

By: Stephen Uhalley,Xiaoxin Wu

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China and Christianity

Burdened Past, Hopeful Future

By: Stephen Uhalley,Xiaoxin Wu

This collection offers fresh perspectives on Sino-Western cultural relations, with particular regard to the experience of Christianity in China. The contributors include authorities from China (including Hong Kong and Taiwan), Europe (including Russia and Eastern Europe), and North America.

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Routledge

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1317475003

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9781317475002

Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom

China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War

By: Stephen R. Platt

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Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom

China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War

By: Stephen R. Platt

A gripping account of China’s nineteenth-century Taiping Rebellion, one of the largest civil wars in history. Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom brims with unforgettable characters and vivid re-creations of massive and often gruesome battles—a sweeping yet intimate portrait of the conflict that shaped the fate of modern China. The story begins in the early 1850s, the waning years of the Qing dynasty, when word spread of a major revolution brewing in the provinces, led by a failed civil servant who claimed to be the son of God and brother of Jesus. The Taiping rebels drew their power from the poor and the disenfranchised, unleashing the ethnic rage of millions of Chinese against their Manchu rulers. This homegrown movement seemed all but unstoppable until Britain and the United States stepped in and threw their support behind the Manchus: after years of massive carnage, all opposition to Qing rule was effectively snuffed out for generations. Stephen R. Platt recounts these events in spellbinding detail, building his story on two fascinating characters with opposing visions for China’s future: the conservative Confucian scholar Zeng Guofan, an accidental general who emerged as the most influential military strategist in China’s modern history; and Hong Rengan, a brilliant Taiping leader whose grand vision of building a modern, industrial, and pro-Western Chinese state ended in tragic failure. This is an essential and enthralling history of the rise and fall of the movement that, a century and a half ago, might have launched China on an entirely different path into the modern world.

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Knopf

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0307957594

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9780307957597

V.K. Wellington Koo and the Emergence of Modern China

By: Stephen G. Craft

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V.K. Wellington Koo and the Emergence of Modern China

By: Stephen G. Craft

Chinese diplomat V.K. Wellington Koo (1888-1985) was involved in virtually every foreign and domestic crisis in twentieth-century China. After earning a Ph.D. from Columbia University, Koo entered government service in 1912 intent on revising the unequal treaty system imposed on China in the nineteenth century, believing that breaking the shackles of imperialism would bring China into the "family of nations." His pursuit of this nationalistic agenda was immediately interrupted by Chinese civil war and Japanese imperialism during World War I. In the 1930s Koo attempted to use international law to force western powers to honor their treaty obligations to punish Japanese expansion. Koo also participated in creating the League of Nations and later the United Nations in the hope that collective security would become reality.

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393

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813181607

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9780813181608

Mongolia in the Twentieth Century

By: Stephen Kotkin,Bruce Allen Elleman

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Mongolia in the Twentieth Century

By: Stephen Kotkin,Bruce Allen Elleman

The remote vastness of Mongolia has remained somewhat of a mystery to most Westerners - no less so in the 20th century. Homeland of the legendary conqueror Chingiz Khan, in modern times Mongolia itself has been the object of imperial rivalry. For most of the 20th century it was under Soviet domination. Mikhail Gorbachev began the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Mongolia in 1989, a process completed in 1992. By 1996 a coalition of opposition parties triumphed in national elections, and Mongolia launched itself on a new course. It is perhaps the most intriguing of the post-community "transition" societies. This volume examines Mongol history over the past century, embracing not only Mongolia proper but also Mongol communities in Russia and China. Contributions, based on new archival research and the latest fieldwork, are from the world's top experts in the field - including four authors from Mongolia and others from Japan, Russia, Taiwan, Great Britain and the United States. Stephen Kotkin's introductory chapter is an overview of Mongol studies. The essays in part 1 examine Sino-Russian competition over Outer Mongolia. Part 2 looks at international diplomacy in Mongolia, including the role of Japan. Part 3 focuses on contemporary issues ranging from economic and cultural change to emergent elites. A concluding essay surveys Mongolian foreign policy.

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360

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Routledge

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131746009X

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9781317460091

China and Christianity

Burdened Past, Hopeful Future

By: Stephen Uhalley,Xiaoxin Wu

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China and Christianity

Burdened Past, Hopeful Future

By: Stephen Uhalley,Xiaoxin Wu

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The Random Book Of-- Stephen

By: Stephen Grant

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The Random Book Of-- Stephen

By: Stephen Grant

This title features facts, figures, stats and trivia on legions of record-breakers, record losers, actors, singers, sportsmen, historical figures, the famous and infamous, felons, inventors, rulers, heartthrobs, politicians and scientists called Stephen.

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Stripe

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1907158138

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9781907158131

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China and Christianity

China and Christianity

Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom

Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom

V.K. Wellington Koo and the Emergence of Modern China

V.K. Wellington Koo and the Emergence of Modern China

Mongolia in the Twentieth Century

Mongolia in the Twentieth Century

China and Christianity

China and Christianity

The Random Book Of-- Stephen

The Random Book Of-- Stephen

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